<p class="poetry">The city&#8217;s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">her inhabitants lie,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">their tongues speak deceptive words.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Each will sit under his own grapevinep> <p class="poetry">or under his own fig tree without any fear.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies has decreed it.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They are determined to be experts at doing evil;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">government officials and judges take bribes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">prominent men make demands,p> <p class="poetry">and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.<n id="3" />p>